Local History
Hedleyhope (County Durham)
This area long remained an agricultural area, and Heslett House is a ruined 18th century farm. However, in the 19th century the area began to become increasingly industrialised. A colliery was established at Hedleyhope and East Hedleyhope Colliery forms a village nearby. Hedleyhill is another colliery village to the north-east of the area. Much of the coal from mines was turned into coke in local coke ovens, and then used for iron smelting in the nearby furnaces of Tow Law.
A timber building now used as a vehicle repair garage at the western edge of the village was once the village Methodist Chapel and is known to have contained a memorial reredos screen dedicated to those of the village who served in the First World War. The present location of the screen is unknown but a thin metal plaque detailing the dedication was removed from the garage and relocated to the East Hedleyhope village hall in 2006.
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